Asano clan

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Parent house Toki clan		Titles Various

Home province Mino Owari Hiroshima Domain

Asano clan (淺野氏, Asano-shi) is a Japanese kin group of the Sengoku period and Edo period.

Significant members of the Asano family

Asano Nagamasa (1526-1610), brother-in-law of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, fought for him in Japan and Korea

Asano Yoshinaga (1556-1613), also known as Yoshinaga; son of Nagamasa. Also served under Hideyoshi, in both Japanese campaigns, and the Korean invasions

Asano Nagaakira (1536-1632), brother of Yukinaga, first Asano lord of Hiroshima

Asano Naganori (1647-1701), lord of the Forty-Seven Ronin

References

Asano clan Wikipedia

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